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  1. Started slinging paint on the Bearcat today. First up I used Tamiya Rubber Black in the cockpit and wheel wells. It works for a good faded black. since USN cockpits in the post war era were painted in flat black from the level above the side consoles and IP, and Interior Green below that, I’m just gonna mask off the black areas tomorrow, then paint the green after giving the paint overnight to dry and cure before masking. In the wheel well areas, I used Tamiya Yellow Green as Zinc Chromate Yellow over the Rubber Black more to come tomorrow…
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  2. So far I have built the Tamiya 1/32 scale of the F-16CJ Fighting Falcon, P-51D Mustang, Spitfire Mk. VIII, F-14A Tomcat, Mosquito FB Mk. VI, F4U-1A Corsair, and am underway on the F-4E Phantom II. Rather than a WWI plane I think the Trumpeter 1/32 TBM-3 Avenger is next, my first steps away from Tamiya. It will be my first painted with only 1 color.
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  3. Thanks, Mark, for your comment. The Navy tried one more DC turboelectric drive submarine, the modified Sturgeon class Glenard P. Lipscomb. It was very quiet, but again slow, like Tullibee. DC does not scale well as power is increased. However, the upcoming Columbia class SSBN class, the Ohio replacements, are currently planned to have AC turbo electric drive. The AC electric motors will be more compact than the massive DC versions, and much quieter than steam turbines and gear trains currently in use. At one point, later block versions of the Virginia class were also planned to have turbo electric drive, but I think that was dropped.
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